Fiction for the Gardener

Arnim, Elizabeth von
Elizabeth and her German Garden

The author describes the garden she created in her Pomeranian wilderness and – somewhat less affectionately - the Man of Wrath, her upright Teutonic husband.

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener

Spurned by her attractive neighbor for a beautiful newcomer, Agatha Raisin immerses herself in a case involving a murder and the destruction of several prominent gardens, but she hides a secret of her own.

Borthwick, J. S.
Garden Plot

On a free trip to Europe courtesy of her Aunt’s garden club, Sarah begins investigating why people on the tour seem interested in anything but gardens while her husband Alex attempts to find out what happened to missing garden expert Ellen Trevino.

Brown, Carrie
Rose’s Garden

Four months after the death of Rose, his wife of more than 50 years, Conrad Morrisey is drifting, neglecting himself and the garden his wife nurtured so lovingly-everything, in fact, except the homing pigeons he has raised since he was a boy. Yet somehow the garden flourishes, and baskets of delicious food - remarkably like that which Rose used to cook for him - appear on his doorstep.

Burnett, Frances Hodgeson
Secret Garden

As three children replant a neglected garden at lonely Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors, the secret garden restores their health and good spirits.

Enright, Rosemary
Walled Garden

Diana Neville, caught in the spotlight of scandal by her husband's fraud and imprisonment, retreats with her daughter to her ancestral home, Gilbert's Tower. Its garden, resplendent with rare fruit trees and flowers, breathes new life into her soul.

Gregory. Philippa
Earthly Joys

Sir Robert Cecil, advisor to the newly crowned King James I, relies on his loyal gardener for practical advice. Combining beautifully ordered landscapes with the turmoil of a country teetering toward civil war, the author brings the past to life through the eyes of one remarkable man and his family.

MacDonald, Shari
Forget-Me-Not

Traveling to England's famed Newhaven estate to pursue an internship as a landscape architect, Hayley Buckman looked forward to making her long-held career dreams come true. What she didn't anticipate was the awakening of her deepest longings.

Michaels, Barbara
Dancing Floor

Heather Tradescant goes on a research tour of English gardens after the untimely death of her dear father. The maze and gardens at Troytan House hold a strange fascination for Heather as she trespasses onto the estate. Witchcraft, mystery and love complicate her visit and transform her forever.